Psychology 2135A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Connectionism, Entorhinal Cortex, Baddeley'S Model Of Working Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Patrick Brown

Document Summary

Throughout history, explanations of behavior have acknowledged this by including some kind of complexity. The nature of this complexity has varied over time, but the complexity is always there. Unfortunately, the complex part of any account of behavior is usually left implicit it is left as a mystery. No evidence that an integrated concept of mind existed in classical greece (or elsewhere) Gods and demons were thought to interfere in human activities: behavior comes from outside the person. Distinguished between reason and emotion and argued that emotion should not control behavior. Argued that it is the difference between animals and humans that are interesting ie. language and consciousness. This view made how humans are different from animals the central issue for psychology in the two centuries after descartes. Locke distinguished two types of knowledge: sensation, reflection. Argued that knowledge comes form experience: an idea that argues against the divine right of kings".